Signaling mechanisms that govern the switch from neuronal to astrocyte differentiation in neocortical progenitors
By: a thesis presented by Mireya Francisca Nadal-Vicens
Published: 2001
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
Subjects: Brain; Evolution; Cognitive neuroscience; Developmental neurobiology
Notes: Thesis (Ph. D., Division of Medical Sciences (Neurobiology))--Harvard University, 2003.

Includes bibliographical references (leaves 201-218).
Table of contents: title: Includes three offprints :; title: Regulation of gliogenesis in the central nervous system by the JAK-STAT signaling pathway -- (Science, v. 278, October 17, 1997, pp. 477-483); title: Neuronal activity-dependent cell survival mediated by transcription factor MEF2 -- (Science, v. 286, October 22, 1999, pp. 785-790); title: Neurogenin promotes neurogenesis and inhibits glial differentiation by independent mechanisms-- (Cell, v. 104, February 9, 2001, pp. 365-376)